Polyp resection – lessons learned

Heiko Pohl

doi:10.1055/s-0033-1358830

Endoscopy, Table of Contents

Endoscopy 2013; 45(12): 1030-1031
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1358830

Editorial

Polyp resection – lessons learned

Heiko Pohl

Department of Gastroenterology, VA Medical Center, White River Junction, Vermont, USA

Department of Gastroenterology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA

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